Did you know
The kavaru glow comes from a dense concentration of the microplankton Noctiluca scintillans.
Village · Kumbalangi
Kumbalangi
India’s first eco-tourism village, where the water can glow blue at night.
More about Kumbalangi
5 of 6- Did you knowKumbalangi is India’s first eco-tourism village, according to Kerala Tourism.
- Did you knowKumbalangi island covers 16 square km and had 42,367 people in the 2011 census.
- Did you knowMore than 100 Chinese fishing nets stand in the backwaters facing Kumbalangi village.
- Did you knowThe island was first called Kumbalam Vilangi, because it formed between Kumbalam and the sea.
- Did you knowThe organism behind kavaru is a single cell about the size of a pinhead, with no eyes, no brain and no legs.